There was a time when no position on the field was more important to the Texas Tech football program than running back. But in the last 20 years, what that position has been asked to do has changed.
Tech now needs its running backs to be all-around weapons fully capable of being receivers and pass blockers as well as ball carriers. That’s different than how some of the best RBs in the history of the program had been utilized.
For instance, the best RB in Tech history, Byron Handpard, caught more than 20 passes in a season just once in his three years.